Could Google Buy The NYT?

John Ellis' answer is yes, and while all this is interesting, the whole piece seems to be speculation. If there's any factual hook to this -- like an actual rumor of Google interest in the Dying Lady -- I missed it. Still, kinda fun to think about.

Google would, if anything, make the Times even more leftwing if you can imagine such a thing. But I'd be interested in seeing what sort of job Pinkie Sulzberger manages to land once his dubious services are no longer required at the family business.

I see a failed talk-show on Al Gore's Current TV in his future. And other failures too. A new magazine, quickly bankrupted after four or five issues. Buying a stake in an up-and-coming independent production company, which then produces a string of failures and goes belly-up.

Lots of fun stuff that rich 20 year olds get to play around with when the family fortune permits them.